Kolouri

I know some of you are interested in seeing dyed fish.. here are some swatches.

Top (left to right): black cherry+amethyst, dilue fuchsia, wisteria

Bottom (left to right): mist grey, palomino gold, turquoise

Right side

Wrong side

And some closeups of the faux Petrol-Honig Fish…

Wrong side

Right side

Enjoy! Just leave a comment if you want to see anything else and I’ll see what I can do!

The winner of the random drawing for the wrap scrap contest is Jodi! Nobody got it 100% right, but there were some great guesses!

The answers are…
-Amazonit
-Lisa
-Iris
-Jonas
-Green/Papaya Ellipsen
-Green/Papaya Rhombus
-Katja
-Jan
-Paul
-Tobi
-Aare
-Green Standard Stripes

No Olaf… no Blue Standard.

Enjoy your gift, Jodi (I’ll be emailing you in a little while…late to work!)

Chase those June blues away with this gorgeous gradation dyed silk indio!

Available tomorrow!

Happy shopping!

I know quite a few of you were wanting to see what I was planning on doing with all those wrap scraps!

Well, I did nothing but sew all weekend to create this toddler quilt for Andrew (sorry, it won’t be for sale in my shop). It ended up being about 40″ x 56″ all finished. I still need to find some fabric for the back and will be hand quilting it together. But that could take a month, and I didn’t want to keep you waiting that long. So here are the pics of the finished top. I used a modified version of the pattern “Around the Block” in Summer 2009 “Kids Quilts.” I say modified because I screwed up and didn’t want to unpick half the blocks at 2 am.

And a couple closeups…

Overall, so far, I’m entirely happy with how this is looking. The colors are bright and cheery without being overly bright. I love the random look of the pattern, too. And using those 2.5″ strips really allowed me to make the most use of my scraps.

And just to see who’s reading this far, let’s have a little contest. I’ll leave the comments open until Friday, midnight. Leave a comment with ALL the names of the wraps I used. Be careful!! There’s more there than you might think! I’ll pick a random winner out of all the correct comments and award a $15 gift certificate to my store or 2 pairs of bamboo socks in your choice of color/size… you choose! Couple of hints: all the scraps are 100% cotton and they are all Didymos wraps. Here’s a link to a bigger picture if the blog pics aren’t quite big enough to tell all of them.

Have fun!

I’m loving these gauze skirts. They are so cute and twirly…perfect for any princess. They dye up so nicely, too. This is a child’s size 6, but rest assured I’ve ordered more in sizes 2T on up! I just can’t get enough of these.

This one’s a soft petal pink into a deep old rose color. So pretty and feminine.

Available Friday noon in the shop!